잠시

This is the 2168th most frequent Korean word.

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잠시

"잠시" means "a moment" or "for a short time."


The word '잠시' is used as an adverb to indicate a short duration of time.

잠시만 기다려 주세요.

Please wait for a moment.


Here, '잠시' is used as a noun to refer to a short period that is upcoming.

나는 잠시 후에 다시 올게.

I will come back in a moment.


In this sentence, '잠시' illustrates a brief span of time during which the action occurred.

우리는 잠시 이야기를 나눴다.

We talked for a while.